Open Calls
Self-Directed Residency
Open all year except August and December
A self-directed residency provides you with accommodation, studio space, and access to the cultural riches of Athens. It provides a chance to focus on a particular project, conduct research, or experiment with new practices.
Funding may be available for European artists via Culture Moves Europe.
OPEN CALL for Athens-Based Artists & Researchers
Overtouristification
International capital and homogenisation
July 1 - 30
Apply by 7 JUNE
For Argo’s summer 2026 themed residency, we invite artists & scholars & writers & philosophers & thinkers & movement people & craft makers to come together in Athens, Greece during July, the height of tourist season, to investigate the consequences of tourism and re-imagine the search for belonging.
As an Athens-based artist/ researcher/ maker, you will be invited to engage in collaborative research, discussion, and/or making processes with a small cohort of international creators-in-residence, whose practices range from performance, to writing, to social practice and zine-making.
Expect: -Shared readings and resources for inspiration & critical reflection
-Weekly meetings and group encounters
-Studio access at Argo Studios in Exarcheia
-Optional group excursions and site visits
-Open Studios or public workshop/ performance/ showcase
-New connections with a small cohort of international thinkers and makers
Free to participate.
To apply:
-Send us your website link or portfolio
-Include a brief statement outlining why you want to participate
-And share with us what research/ project ideas/ or collaborative endeavors this theme sparks in you.
Email your materials to:
Eco-Witchery
The occult in a time of climate crisis
February 8th - March 17th 2027
Our coven will gather as winter turns to spring in the ancient necropolis that is Athens, drawn here by a shared interest in the murky, hidden, sacral connections between ecology and the occult. Carnival is in the air, the earth is awakening, and the city is bathed in Sahara dust and a cold wind from the Steppe.
The focus is on exploration & research, and we are open to a wide range of themes and approaches …
worlding networks of kinship & care — divination (ancient Greek and otherwise) — botany, eroticism, agriculture and myth — Donna Haraway, Anna Tsing — trance states — prophecies at Delphi — entanglement — ghosts (and climate crisis) — traditional nature caring & engagement practices — knot magic — plant magic — altars and shrines — potions — herbal remedies — witches as healers — full moon dances — Silvia Federici — animism & pantheism rewilding — ecology/sex/death practice — fear of the occult/ vilification of witches — supernatural appreciation of nature — pleasure of entanglement with more-than-human species — werewolves — animal familiars — Eleusinian mystery rites — shamanic/ mystical encounters with plant/animal consciousness — etc. — etc. — etc.
Funding may be available for European artists via Culture Moves Europe.
Over the course of 10 days, Rachna will introduce students to a variety of basic textile skills, including embroidery, hand weaving on a frame loom, and weaving on paper. With an emphasis on encouraging excitement and curiosity, students will gather inspiration from the buzzing atmosphere of Athens, the natural environment of Greece, and the ancient cultural heritage of this amazing city.
FINAL 2 SPACES STILL AVAILABLE
Over the course of 10 days, Gwen will guide students to reflect on big questions of our times themed around ecopsychology. Through journaling, dialoguing, meditation, and movement, students will learn to tap into the Earth and their bodies. Gwen will provide gentle, encouraging guidance to help students orient and explore in a safe container. Throughout the workshop, students will question: What does it mean to grapple with climate change? What are specific ways to grapple with it?
More information on the course, and how to apply for it, is coming soon. In the meantime, you can register your interest by getting in touch with us.